North Korea Madness

Wrote a facebook note the other day about something going down I'm not to happy.

This whole financial crisis is consuming the news. Frankly, I'm torn. I don't want be cold and uncompassionate to those who are losing their lifesavings, but on the other hand the news is cold and uncompassionate about those who are losing their lives.

Apparently nearly 3 million people will be starving in North Korea by the end of november.

That is so much more important to me.

Is it more important to you?

Question

What are you doing?

You can ask many and very reasonable questions of others, specifically the insanely greedy and wealthy, but it is worthless if you do not ask yourself first.

If you see your brother has a speck of dust in his eye you can't help him until you get the stick out of your own.

Sean Connery's 250 grand

This is interesting:

Apparantly for two days of work on the film Robin Hood: Prince of Theives Sean Connery got 250,000. He then donated it to charity.

Other famous actors shoudl try doing the same.

How much do you actually need?

Really.

How much of what you spend your money on do you actually need?

There are people who survive on less than a dollar a day, yet sometimes we spend up to twenty. Why?

The reality is: we could survive on a lot less. We train our minds to think we are living near the bare minimum. We idolize celebriites and think to ourselves "I must be living on less compared to them." And it's true. You are.

But don't compare yourself to celebrities.

Instead compare yourself to the world's least well off. Not only will you be a lot more thankful and appreciative of your God-given life but also you will begin to realingn your values and your new values will make more of a lasting impact on the world that your old ones.

Trust me.

Same Focus - Different Target

As you know this blog is completely dedicated to debasing the foolish spending habits (and hoarding habits). But celebrities are by no means the only targets.

You see we are all celebrities.

I know, lame seguey, but still the way we hoard and spend is very similar to theirs. It's just that we have less money. We do (as do I as well) project our own social conscience guilt on them. Though we are guilty.

We are guilty.

What are you going to do today?

Is that going to help someone or hurt them? There is no such thing as an action that does not effect someone else either positively or negatively. It's impossible.

What are you going to do today?

You can get something from nothing.

Seinfeld, just in syndication, has earned its creators near 250 million dollars. This is not counting the money they actually made when the show was on the air.

Imagine for a second: shows like Seinfeld deciding that after they air their season finale the all the money can go to some form of relief charity? Is that so much to ask?

I mean they already have made millions from the show: why make more for yourself when you can make more for others?

What do you think?

My idea: what do you think?

Basically I came up with it when I realized: I can't buy an ipod. Not because I don't have the money but I can't justify it ethically. Spending hundreds of dollars on something I don't need. But what if it could do both? What if it could give me enjoyment (which is only secondary) and give others life (which is primary).

The idea is also good because people would do it. Political consumerism works better than simple charity. Think the red campaign.

But, what say you?

http://www.ideas4all.com/ideas/2134-short_ads_before_ipod_songs_to_raise_money_for_the_third_world